Playa de La Restinga in El Pinar de El Hierro is an officially monitored EU bathing water with one sampling point. This page shows the official classifications and lab results next to today's UV, sea temperature, waves and wind.
The European Environment Agency classifies Playa de La Restinga as «excellent» for the 2025 bathing season. It has been rated excellent every year since 2019.
The 2025 classification is based on all official samples from the 2022 to 2025 bathing seasons. Two gut bacteria are measured, Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci: on the coast, «excellent» means that 95 per cent of the results are below 250 E. coli and below 100 enterococci per 100 millilitres.
For context: to be rated «excellent» on the coast, 95 per cent of samples must be below 250 E. coli and below 100 enterococci per 100 ml; for «good» the limits are 500 and 200. Single values above these limits are marked amber (above «excellent») or red (above «good»); the health service decides on bathing bans.
The Canary Islands health service (Servicio Canario de la Salud) currently lists Playa de La Restinga as «suitable for bathing», last updated on 21 Sep 2026. CITA checks this status three times a day.
The official bathing season with regular sampling runs here from 1 Feb 2026 to 30 Nov 2026. Outside the season there is no regular official sampling.
The official data since 2023 show no bathing ban or closure for Playa de La Restinga. They are based on the incidents that Náyade and the Canary Islands health service report for each sampling point.
Playa de La Restinga flies the Blue Flag (Bandera Azul) in the 2026 season. The environmental foundation ADEAC awards it each year only to beaches with excellent water quality, lifeguards, environmental information and services. According to the international Blue Flag register, the award applies here from 1 July to 30 September.
The official register (Censo de vertidos 2025) lists no active discharge point within two kilometres. The register covers permitted and unpermitted discharges from land into the sea.
Blue: the official sampling points of this bathing water. The register lists no active discharge point within two kilometres.
According to the Canary Islands health service, there is no bathing ban for Playa de La Restinga today (checked on 13 Oct 2026). The water quality is excellent according to the 2025 EU classification. The weather model expects waves of up to 1.2 m today (slight), wind of up to 26 km/h and a UV index of up to 6.2 (high). On site, the lifeguards' flags and the council's notices always apply.
The European Environment Agency classifies Playa de La Restinga as «excellent» for the 2025 bathing season. It has been rated excellent every year since 2019. The latest official sample, taken on 21 Sep 2026 at sampling point PM2, showed 29 E. coli and 1 enterococci per 100 ml.
The marine model shows 24.7 °C for the sea off Playa de La Restinga today (as of 13 Oct 2026, 07:55). According to the model, waves reach up to 1.2 m today.
Playa de La Restinga flies the Blue Flag (Bandera Azul) in the 2026 season. The environmental foundation ADEAC awards it each year only to beaches with excellent water quality, lifeguards, environmental information and services. According to the international Blue Flag register, the award applies here from 1 July to 30 September.
The official register (Censo de vertidos 2025) lists no active discharge point within two kilometres. The register covers permitted and unpermitted discharges from land into the sea.
The official data since 2023 show no bathing ban or closure for Playa de La Restinga. They are based on the incidents that Náyade and the Canary Islands health service report for each sampling point.
We check the official data daily and the weather values three times a day (07:15, 13:15 and 19:15 Canary time). We use only official or open sources; where a value is missing, the page says so.